USMNT have named Tim Ream as their World Cup captain — does it matter? What do soccer captains do?

USMNT have named Tim Ream as their World Cup captain — does it matter? What do soccer captains do?

Tim Ream, 38, has been named USMNT World Cup captain over the higher-profile Christian Pulisic. In U.S. soccer, the armband carries far less institutional weight than in Europe — collective leadership over symbolic figurehead.